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Network Champion: Dr. Laurie Chan
Professor Laurie Chan is the holder of Dr. Donald Rix B.C. Leadership Chair in Aboriginal Environmental Health and Professor at the Community Health Science Program at the University of Northern British Columbia in Canada. He obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. at the University of Hong Kong and Ph.D. from the University of London in Toxicology. Professor Chan’s work involves both basic and applied research in environmental toxicology and nutrition toxicology. He has conducted extensive studies on the risk and benefits of the consumption of traditional food in the Arctic. Prof. Chan has also served as an advisor for numerous aboriginal communities on environmental health issues.
Ginette Thomas, Managing Director, National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Ms. Thomas came to UNBC from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research where she worked as the Assistant Director for the Institute of Gender and Health, the Project Director for Rural and Northern Health Research as well as with the Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health. Ms. Thomas brings extensive experience in the field of Aboriginal health policy and northern policy at Health Canada and INAC. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Social Communications and a Master of Arts in Public Administration with a special focus on public policy decision making.
